察 (caat3 | cha2) : investigate; examine

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察

caat3

cha2

[v] examine; investigate; notice; observe; survey; study; scrutinise

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

察

This word has been viewed 7438 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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堪察 ham1 caat3 kan1 cha2 = investigate ?

警察 ging2 caat3 jing3 cha2 = the police

觀察 gun1 caat3 guan1 cha2 = to observe; to inspect

視察 si6 caat3 shi4 cha2 = to inspect; to examine

偵察 zing1 caat3 zhen1 cha2 = to investigate; to detect; to scout

檢察 gim2 caat3 jian3 cha2 = to inspect; to check up on

監察 gaam1 caat3 jian1 cha2 = to supervise; to monitor

覺察 gok3 caat3 jue2 cha2 = to sense; to feel; to perceive; to discover

檢察官 gim2 caat3 gun1 jian3 cha2 guan1 = the prosecution (in a court case); the prosecutor

考察 haau2 caat3 kao3 cha2 = inspect, make an on-the-spot investigation
See all 49 compounds (CantoDict reports 56 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 察

佢俾警察拉咗去。粵
He was arrested by the police.

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
? : Unknown usage

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